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Seems like yesterday we were getting our campers ready for a wonderful summer filled with activities & good friendly weekend gatherings. Then in almost the blink of an eye…we are starting to get our campers, sites & boats ready for what will seem like an endless cold miserable winter season. I don’t know about you but I DON’T LIKE THE COLD!!! The cold season seems to linger on & on longer than the warm season. We have had some summer this year! This had to be the best camping & boating season in some time. Hopefully next summer will be more of the same! 🙂 We were fortunate to find great Campground Managers to fill the sudden open position. Thank you Charles & Jinjer Bragg & your two adorable daughters for taking on the challenge. Hopefully you plan to return for the 2014 season!!! I for one have neverseen the women’s restroom cleaner!

Expect changes when you return next spring…new electric is being installed during off season. “Ladies, no longer should you have to unplug something to be able to run something else to keep from popping the breaker…yeah!!!” But with new/better services one must pay the piper (so to speak)….monthly electrical bill. And to me, that’s ok. I would rather keep the seasonal rate down & pay electric (that I have control of). This should work out in our favor because in the future when other improvements are needed, there should be room in the budget.

At the conclusion of the last monthly meeting September 21, the campground board voted on officer positions. Your 2014 Campground Officers are: Rob Morgan – President, Jason Plunkett – Vice President, Ben Hinshaw – Secretary & Ron Gates – Treasurer. As requested by a camper at the meeting, I will be posting the 2014 campground rules here on the blog for your review/reference as soon as I receive them.

In closing a reminder: there’s a pitch in bean dinner in the Shelter House October 5th. There is a Halloween Celebration on Oct. 12: Costume party with trick or treating for kids from 6pm-7pm, games and karaoke from 8pm-12am. Costume required to attend!

So it was another COLD, WET weekend at the ole’ campground again this past weekend. 😦 Friday it was almost like a ghost town around there…very few campers! Our usual Friday night dinner fare of roasted hotdogs over a blazing campfire was cancelled due to soggy ground surrounding the fire pit. So four of us headed to Dave’s All American Pizza on US36 on west side of Danville, IN. Quite a unique patriotic decor of military memorabilia. The food was pretty good, most of us had the salad bar, the prices were fair. We have driven past many times but this was our first dining experience. I am sure over the course of the camping season, we will probably dine there again.

There was definitely more life around the campground on Saturday. We had our first monthly campground meeting at 10am Saturday morning. We had a pretty good turnout, hopefully it’s a new trend and not because it was the “first one”. Our elected President, Ron Riggen, had to step down to Vice President due to his election to the Heritage Lake POA Board. He could not retain his President position and be on the HLPOA board. That, in turn, moved the Vice President, Dave Fry, to the President’s position. Soooo the gavel was passed! The meeting was pretty uneventful until we reached the topic of expired gambling license. For those of you not at the meeting, we are no longer able to do 50/50, pull tabs, bingo, etc., so our fundraising ability has pretty much come to a quick halt. We’re not sure if the license will be renewed or what grandiose fundraising ideas we can come up with. We welcome fundraising ideas, keeping in mind camper participation can be scarce. Stay tuned for updates as we know it.

Saturday actually turned out pretty nice considering all the storms we’ve had recently! Our campground event calendar offered up a ham & beans dinner at 7pm in the Shelter House. Even though we didn’t have a big turnout, we had a delicious dinner! I would like to thank the Clements, the Woods, the Riggens, & the Gates that joined us (the Frys) for their contributions and in participating! We managed to raise $16…woohoo! I’m sure everyone in attendance took a little something home with them…GAS! teehee ;-P

Thanks for tuning in folks….until my next post…be safe, be healthy…& come on BETTER WEATHER!!!

…we’re looking for adventure….for whatever comes our way! Born to be w-i-l-d. Yes it’s almost that time! Officially the 2013 Heritage Lake Camping Season begins on April 5th at 1PM. I’m excited for the fun to begin! But with the crap Mother Nature has been dealing us as of lately…one can only hope that winter hits the road & we can start to enjoy better weather! If you remember, last year it was unseasonably warmer than it should have been for this time of year. Sadly though we really never had a spring last year, it skipped practically from winter to summer. But, this year I just want the cold, snowy, windy weather to take a hike & for it to just be comfortable enough to enjoy the amenities at the start of camping season….how about you?

That being said, it was decided that turning on the water in the campgrounds should be delayed a little longer to make sure we didn’t have any mishaps with frozen, burst pipes in the campground. We sure don’t want to waste a bunch of money having to do unnecessary plumbing, let alone cutting into our camping season by delaying the “opening day”!!!

We are fortune to have Barb Woods return for another season as the Campground Manager, along with her equally hardworking other half…Ed. Unfortunately for them, they have been unable to stay in their camper yet, due to the delay of turning on the water. Not so sure these seasonal Floridians favored the weather they returned to…makes a body wonder…why trade that weather for this? But we’re certainly glad they did!

REMINDER: We’re having a “Welcome Back” family movie night & campfire at the shelter house starting at 8PM on Saturday night (April 6th). We’ll have the wood stove all stoked up & blazing. So bring your snacks, beverages of choice, comfy chairs, & probably warm blankets for the kick off of the 2013 Camping Season. If there’s enough campers, we might even run our first 50-50 drawing. We’ll see you there!

So I thought doing a blog would be easy. I guess if you’re a very “sociable” person it might be. I tried doing the everyday thing but I got way behind…couldn’t always think of much to talk about or thought what I had to talk about would be uninteresting. So I’m going to give it another valid try just reporting wknd activities ….***H L Campground Happenings***

There’s usually plenty going on, I’ll just have to remember to take notes to get all the particulars. I didn’t get started opening wknd, because I’ve been procrastinating. Plus David won’t stop pestering me about it so you might say I’m doing it to shut him up!

I have an events page that you will be able to review for upcoming activities at the campground. As soon as I know of things, I will be sure to pass them along. Feel free to leave comments (concerns) , I’m open to suggestions. Second page is a short Hello page. Third page I will be adding is a “Tell me what you think” page as a line of communication to share with others visiting the blog. Here you could also make suggestions for activities to do on wknds, things to help raise money for the campground to fund fun activities.

Also wanted to note, at the last campground meeting (6/16/12, 10AM @ Shelter house) we agreed to try a “game night” that will always be the same night of the morning campground meetings (Saturdays only). Each month we’ll name a type of game we’re playing like euchre or left right center or other types of card, dice, whatever. The campground meetings are almost always the 3rd Saturday of each month, 10AM @ Shelter house. Those evenings we’ll have a rousing game that evening, 8PM @ Shelter house. We haven’t set 7/23 game night “game” as of yet, will keep you posted!

Tomorrow, we head to the campground. I will continue to work on preparing for the “Wacky Family Olympics” on 6/30. We will also be getting everything ready for “Dirty Bingo Night” on 6/23 @ 8pm. Hope you come, it’s so much fun! Check out the events page for more info on each!……..see ya at the campground!